Milk-bottle and groceries holder



P. SPURER.

MILK BOTTLE AND GROCERIES HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 20, 1920.

Y Patented Mar. 7, 1922'.

l l I PATENT QF'F'ICE.

PAUL sronnn, or eHrcAeo, ILninors.

NTLK-BOTTLE AN GROCERIES HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led May 20, 1920. Serial No. 382,786.

T0 LZZ whom t may 0071 cem Be it known that I, PAUL Sronnn, a citizen ofJugo-Slavia, residing at Chicago, in the county ofr Cook and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Im provements inMilk-Bottle and Groceries Holders, of which the following is aVspecification.

This invention relates to receptacles for milk bottles, groceries andthe like and more particularly to those receptacles which are intendedto protect such articles from theft, the weather, and exposure vto dirtor unsanitary conditions.

The general object of the invention is to provide a device of thisnature which is simple and inexpensive to construct and which may bequickly and easily installed and operated.

Another object is to provide a structure which may be built and soldcomplete, the purchaser merely securing the same to the window framing.lDevices of this class are primarily intended for use by occupants ofapartments and small houses frequently held under a lease and the tenanthas no de sire to make expenditures for more or less permanentalterations of the premises, even if permitted to do so by the owner.The present invention requires no alterations and it may be fastened inplace by anyone in a few minutes.

Further objects and advantages of my invention will be apparent as it isbetter understood by reference to the following specification when readin connection with the accompanying drawing which shows selectedembodiments, and in which Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the inventioncomplete and mounted in a window frame.

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Figs. 4 and 5 show modified forms of the invention.

Referring to the drawing, the invention is shown to comprise a frame 8in which the holders 9 and 10 are hingedly mounted. This frame 8 isadapted to fit within a window opening in the manner shown and to befastened to the window frame 11 and bottom of the partially raised lowersash 12 by hooks 13 or and other suitable means. These fasteners arepreferably placed ron the inside of the window frame 11 sol that whenthe device is in place the window cannot be further opened or the frame8 removed by anyone on the outside.

The form and number of holders to be mounted in this frame 8 woulddepend upon the type of goods to be received, but l have found a mostsatisfactory arrangement to be that shown in Figs. 1 to 3 inclusive inwhich the holder 9 is intended for milk bottles, and the holder 10, forgroceries The holder 9 is constructed with bottom 14 and side walls 15,the latter in the present embodiment being three in number7 formingsubstantially a triangular prismatic vessel open at its top. This holderis hingedly mounted on one of its vertical edges 16 to the end member 17of the frame 8' and the radial side walls 15, and 15 of the'holderextending therefrom are preferably of equal length so that when theholder is either in its inward position as shown in solid lines in Fig.2, or its outward position, as indicated by dotted lines, one of theseradial side walls will form a complete closure for the opening in theframe. This opening in the present embodiment is formed by the endmember 17, the top and bottommembers 18 and 19 respectively, and thecross piece 2O of the frame 8. A latch 21 of any convenient form ispreferably provided on the inside of the frame 8 to automatically engagethe wall 15 of the holder 9 when such holder is moved to its inwardposition to lock the holder in this position.

The groceries holder 10 is shown to comprise oppositely disposed endwalls 24 and 25, a base 26, a rear wall 27 and a front wall 28. Thisholder 10 is hingedly connected at its forward bottom edge 22 to thelower member 19 of the frame 8 and fits the opening formed by the endmember 23, the cross piece 20, the top member 18 and the bottom member19 of such frame. When the holder isin its inward position, as shown insolid lines in Figs. 1 to 3, the front wall 28 forms a complete closurefor the opening in the frame, and when moved into its outward po-Patented Mar. 7, 1922. f

sition, as indicated in dotted lines, the base wall 26, the rear wall 27and portions of' the end walls 2li and 25 perform a like function. Theradial distance from the axis of the holder to the top edges oi the wall28 and.r the wall 27 should obviously be the same. l

A latch 29 corresponding in'unction to the latch 2l on the holder 9 ispreferably provided. c

Then goods are expected to be delivered,

`the holders are pushed outwardly into the position indicated by dottedlines. The milk man then puts his bottles in the holder 9 and shovesthis holder inwardly until it is latched. The groceryman puts hispareels `into the holder l0 and does likewise. As both of these holdersare now locked within the building, the articles therein cany not bestolen and are .fully protected from the weather, dirt, animals, etc.These artimounted in the frame 33 in similar man-` ner. A f

While this device is primarily intended for insertion complete into awindow opening, I have shown in Fig. 5 a modified form of the inventionin which holders 34; and 35 corresponding to the holders 9 and l() otthe embodiment shown in Figs. l to 3, and of similar construction andarrangement are mounted in a door 36, and operate in the same way. v

This form would generally be built into a new door and the door soldcompletely equipped though it may readily be seen that a panelcorresponding `in general design to the frame 8 of the window devicemight be manufactured and the same fitted into a door already in use. A

VIt will be apparent that various changes may be made in the form,construction and arrangement of the parts without departingfrom thespirit or scope of the invenytion or SaCriicing'any of its materialadifioaefio vantages, the toi-ms hereinbefore described being merelyselected embodiments thereof.

I claim:v

l. In a device of the class described, a portable rectangular frameadapted to be inserted into a window opening and to form with the sasha` closure for said opening, said frame having an opening therein, and aholder mounted lto swing in said opening from a position on one side ofsaid frame to a position on theother side thereo,.and means 4forlimiting the swinging movement oit the holder in each direction.

2; A portable receptacle adapted to beinserted into a window casing'andto form with the window sash a closure for the window opening, and'meansfor fastening said receptacle to the window casing and tothe window toprevent upward or downward movement of said window, said receptaclecomprising a frame i'i'tting said window casing, and a holder mounted insaid frame and movable from a position on one side of said frame to aposition'on the opposite side thereof.

3. In a device of the class described, a

frame having two openings therein, a substantially triangular shapedholder open at the top and having a base and three sides, said holderbeing hingedly connected at one corner edge to a side edge of oneopening in the frame and movable horizontally in said opening, means forlimiting the swinging movement oi". the holder in each direction,another holder open at its top and comprisw ing a base, a front wall, aback wall and two end walls, said other holder being hingedly connectedat the juncture of its base and front wall to the bottomedge ot theother openingin the 'frame' and movable in said opening, and means forlimiting the swinging movement of said other holder.

4. In adevicc of the character described, x

swing in said opening from a position on one side oi" said frame to.aposition on the other sido thereof, and means to latch said receptaclein position on the inside of said frame.

PAUL sroimn;

